( CNN) Rough day at work? Step outside and take a deep breath — err, maybe not, depending on what city you’re in. If you’re in Los Angeles, you’ll probably want to step back inside the office. The sprawling California…

( CNN) Marc Raciti had the tree picked out. Positioned on a rolling Hawaiian hillside along the North Shore in Oahu, where the now-retired United States Army major was stationed, that tree was where Raciti said he planned to take…